These mittens came to mind as I walked through the neighbourhood and saw beautiful flower gardens beyond picket fences. Flowers on mittens help us to remember the beauty of spring while keeping our hands warm in the winter.

In challenging times, it is important to look at the small wins in life and celebrate the little victories. This pattern includes a few challenging design elements such as managing five colours overall in the cuff, and a scalloped edge with a Latvian braid. These elements can be modified for simplicity, or knit the mittens as designed and celeb...

As I design mittens, I often gravitate towards snowflake and heart motifs. This pattern brings those two motifs together into one design to capture a love of the perfect season to wear a cozy pair of mittens.

These mittens are inspired by the view from my desk window. As I look out over the neighbourhood, I see buildings and trees grouped in squares with a lovely park in the middle.

In Canada, my favourite season is autumn when many trees change from lush green to brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows. Inspired by those beautiful colours, the design of these mittens brings together autumn motifs with a fade of contrast colours against a neutral main colour background.

These mittens came to life from thoughts of ice cream. As you look at them you can see swirls of chocolate against a vanilla background that will make you want to indulge in some ice cream as soon as possible.

These mittens are worked using an easy to remember sequence of knit, purl and slipped stitches, creating a design that looks more complex than it is. This simple technique produces a mitten in three colours, while only working with one colour per round.

The name for these mittens was inspired by the continuous paths in the main motif, brought to life with a regal purple colour set against a white background. The design will look good in any combination of two contrasting colours.

Knitting and surprise packages are two of my favourite things. I’ve brought those two things together in these mittens designed for a mystery group knitalong in winter. The pattern releases motifs, one clue at a time, as a surprise to the knitter.

Inspired by a favourite city park, these mittens feature garden flowers with a cuff reminiscent of old stone fences. Using only two colours, the design has a reverse ombre effect, shifting the colours from dark to light.

As spring turns to summer and the daylight stretches from morning to night, these mittens are inspired by sights of butterflies and flowers in bloom.

These mittens are inspired by the heart shapes found in the four-leaf clover, traditionally thought to bring good luck. This design is a tribute to those who are lucky to find love.

These mittens were designed in the midst of a summer heatwave when all I could do was dream of cold winter days with a chill in the air and mittens on my hands. My winter dreams are filled with knitting and wearing mittens!

These mittens are inspired by the rich colours of the spices once used for commerce in the ancient spice trade. The motifs used are a tribute to patterns found within Middle Eastern art.

These mittens are inspired by the pops of green that sprout when trees begin to bud, while the memory of snow is still fresh in our minds. The lace motif of a budding tree in the cuff is echoed in the stranded pattern on the top of the hand. Combining the delicacy of lace with the grounded substance of stranded colourwork results in a mitten th...

These mittens are inspired by all of the reindeer that are famous at Christmas. Each mitten has eight reindeer to represent the original eight, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen, as well as one larger reindeer to represent Rudolph, who saved Christmas. A few optional duplicate stitches highlight Rudolph’s nose.

These mittens are inspired by the first snowfall of the year that often comes in autumn, when the leaves have turned and their colours are still brightly laying on the ground. The first dusting of snow is always a beautiful sight as it sparkles down.

For years I’ve been drawn to Celtic designs. I love how the lines flow. These mittens came to mind as I studied different Celtic patterns and considered how they could merge with colourwork mittens.